Carburetor



(No Model.)

J. HABERSTIOK. OARBURETOR.

Patented Feb. 7,1882.

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NITED STATES IATENI" OFFICE.

JACOB IIABERSTIOK, OF OCEAN BEACH, NE\V JERSEY.

CARBURETOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,202, dated February 7, 1882.

Application filed April 5, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB Hannnsrrcrr, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ocean Beach, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carburetors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for carbureting air, in which the objectis attained by means of a reservoir provided with one or more seetional compartments, arranged consecutively, having solid or'impervious bottoms and loraminated covers, the chambers being filled with pine sawdust and volatile hydrocarbons, and also provided with an upper chamber having foraminated top and bottom, filled with dry pine sawdust, and having centrally arranged air-pipes with induction and eduction means; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter set forth and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing the figure represents a "ertical sectional view of my improved carburetor.

The letter A of the drawing represents a reservoir or shell, made of metal and divided into compartments, and provided with certain elements, which will be hereinafter more fully described.

Theletters B and B represent compartments, arranged substantially as shown in the drawing. These compartments have solid and impervious bottoms a a. That of B is arranged and located with an intermediate space between it and the bottom of the shell, and that of B is arranged and located with an intermediate space between it and the top of the chamber B. The tops of these compartments are foramiuated or perforated, and the chambers are filled with sawdust and a volatile hydrocarbon oil.

The letter O represents the lower air-chamber, and in it the base of an air pipe, D, is secured, and this base, being in shape an inverted (No model.)

funnel, is perforated substantially as shown in the drawing. This air-pipe D is centrally located in'the reservoir, and passes up through the sections or chambers B and B and finds lodgrnent in the bottom of the upper compartment, E. This air-pipe is sealed or closed at -11 and b, and is provided with the cross-secmeans of inducting the air-currents coming from the discharge in the cross-section pipes in the space below the plate or shield. The lettersc and 0 represent shields or plates, of metal, arranged and secured to the air-pipe, as shown in the drawings. These plates or shields conform to the shape of the casing, butdo not reach to the sides of the shell, the space between them and the shell being for the vapors to ascend through.

The letter E is the upper chamber or compartment, arranged in the upper part of the reservoir or shell, and having perforated or foraminated top and bottom. This section is filled with dry sawdust.

The letter G is the gas chamber or receptacle,aud is intended to hold the carbureted air, subject to being conveyed to the mains.

The letter'H represents the filling-pipe. It enters the vessel at or near the base of the chambers or compartments B and B, and is provided with the stop-valves atfandf. Its purpose is to convey the volatile hydrocarbon to the compartments.

The letter I is an air-pipe, having the valve g to shut off the flow of air, and also has the valve h to regulate the flow. To this pipe I is attached the vent-pipe i, to let off the air when filling the machine. It is controlled by the valve k. The air-pipe enters the air-chamber at the base of the reservoir. The letter Zrepresents the gage-cocks, the object of which is to ascertain when the compartments are fully charged with oil.

The lettermis the drip-cock to draw off whatever refuse may find its way into the air-chamber. The main pipe is located at the top of the casing, and in the drawing is shown at n. The casing may be provided with doors or openings, (not shown in the drawing) through which the several compartments can be reached and supplied according to the requirements of the vessel. The vessel bodily is set in a vault and covered up.

The operation of my invention is as Follows: The chambers having been supplied with sawdust, (prcferabl y that coming from pine wood,) the lower ones are charged with a volatile hydrocarbon oil-such as gasolinethrough the filling-pipe until they are filled. The air-pipes are then opened and the following process takes place: The hydrocarbon vapors rise through the foraminated tops of the sections and meet with the atmospheric currents discharged through the cross-section pipes of the air-pipe. The vapors of the lower chamber, charged with a volatile oil, meet the currents of air discharged by its cross-section pipe, and courses under and over the shield or plate in that space, enters the air-pipe through the perforations, and again finds exit through the perforations of the upper cross-section pipe, where it again meets the vapors of the upper charged chamber and becomes further charged with them, then, coursing under and over the shield of that space, finds its way through the perforated bottom of the chamber filled with dry sawdust, and through the sawdust out through the perforated top of this chamber into the gas-chamber of the reservoir, ready to be conveyed through the mains.

It will be observed that by the process of carbureting air as described and shown in my invention I obtain the means of doubly charging the atmospheric current. It is first enriched with the vapors'ot' the first or lower charged compartment, and then recharged with those ot' the second or upper charged chamher, and these, by passing through the dry sawdust of the last compartment, are relieved of existing impurities and made ready for burning, the sawdust in every instance acting as an absorbent of impurities, and also holds the gasoline steady and assists in generating the vapors.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

tion with an evaporatirig-chamber located between the inlet and exit pipes of each section, whereby air may be successively charged and intermixed with hydrocarbon vapor, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a carbureting apparatus, the combination of the air-receiving chamber provided with a drip-cock, and communicating with an air-conduit, tern'iinating at its base in an in-.

Vertcd perforated funnel, and provided with lateral prrforated exit-pipes surmounted by a shield, with an evaporating-chantber encircling said conduit and having an imperforate bottom and perforated top and located between said funnel and exit-pipes, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a ca-rbureting apparatus, the combination of an evaporatirig-chamber, a central conduit provided with lateral perforated exitpipes surmounted by a shield, and a purifying-chamber having a perforated top and bottom, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination of chamber 0, provided with inlet h and outlet m, conduit D, provided with exitpipes cc, shields cc, and ports d,with evaporating-chambers B 15, each provided with inlets ffand outlets l I, and purifyingchamber E and chamber Gr, provided with out let a, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB IIABE. ELSTIUK.

Vitnesses:

(JooK HO\VLAND, t. H. \VATMAN. 

